Dan Dawson and Todd Pedlar discuss the concept of cosmological fine tuning, which concerns the fact that the universe seems to be "just right" for intelligent life - that all the fundamental constants of nature seem to lie in narrowly-defined ranges which allow for our existence.

Todd Pedlar and Dan Dawson ruminate on the history of space exploration contributions by private companies, and the future of exploration by wholly private entities as opposed to government organizations.

In a recent article at Quanta Magazine, entitled "What No New Particles Means for Physics" author Natalie Wolchover discusses what some in high energy physics view as a "nightmare scenario" - the disappearance of what was, in December 2015, touted as the long-awaited sign of Beyond-Standard-Model particles. Is this really a "nightmare"? Todd Pedlar muses on this question in Episode 1 of Booklets of Nature.

A new feature from the Book of Nature crew is coming, entitled "Booklets of Nature". As the name implies, this will be a short-feature podcast, which enables the Book of Nature guys to briefly reflect on items in the news of scientific interest, issues of science pedagogy, philosophy, and history, and issues that involve the intersection of Christian faith and scientific ideas and practice. The introductory episode briefly describing the new program is now uploaded to the Book of Nature stream, as will be all future Booklet mini-podcasts.

The second of a three-part series in which the Book of Nature crew turns introspective. Dan and Todd interview Charles about why he chose psychology (it involves an attempt at obtaining superpowers), his fascination with Terror Management Theory (TMT), and much, much more!

The first of a three-part series in which the Book of Nature crew turns introspective. Todd and Charles interview Dan about how he got interested in Meteorology in general, and severe weather and tornadoes in particular, and what he's working on now as a new assistant professor at Purdue.

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